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Lack of correlation between the vitamin D receptor Fokl start codon polymorphism and bone mineral density in patients with Crohn's disease.
Experimental and clinical endocrinology & diabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association - 1 Jan 2006
Bregenzer N, Schäffler A, Gelbmann C M, Steinkamp M, Reinshagen M, Schölmerich J, Andus T
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INTRODUCTION: We have examined the association of bone mineral density of patients with inflammatory bowel disease with a polymorphism in the gene encoding the vitamin D receptor. The thymine/cytosine (T/C) polymorphism in the first of two start codons can be defined by a restriction fragment length polymorphism using the restriction endonuclease FokI. Vitamin D receptor alleles containing the polymorphism have...
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